combe

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Still talking quietly, he led Pipkin out into the overgrown combe.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

It was almost upon him before Bigwig turned and began to limp up the north slope of the combe toward the trees of the Belt.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

The slope was already in shadow when Campion came running down with the news that he had come face to face with Blackavar and Holly in the upper part of the combe.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

“No, that’s away up by Efrafa. Down here it runs in a sort of combe of its own. Can’t you smell it?”

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

The rough, weed-covered ground of the combe sloped away below them, a long dip bounded on the north by Caesar’s Belt.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams